News Summary: McDonald's Nov. sales figure rises

NEW YORK 
THE NEWS: McDonald's Corp. said that a key sales figure rose 2.4 percent in November, as U.S. customers snapped up the world's biggest hamburger chain's breakfast offerings and limited-time Cheddar Bacon Onion sandwiches.

THE BIG PICTURE: The increase follows a decline in October, the first drop in McDonald's key monthly sales gauge in nearly a decade. After years of outperforming its rivals, McDonald's has seen sales growth slow as the company faces intensifying competition and an uncertain global economy.